The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1887-01-28
NEWS s;unnAnY.s !.
The v'7ible supplyof wheat January 22swas
81, ,9SG. 700 bushels, showing decrease Of 81

81, ,9sG 700 bushels, showing 4 decrease Of fS44,
900 bushels.
The North German Gazette, Prince Biz
marck's organ, speaking Of the organization
Of tho Red Cross society, says the army lnay
speedily demand its help.
Asyear old child Of Chris Koepke, farmer
living one and half miles southeast of Elgin,
Minn., fell into boiler Of scalding water one
day last week and was seriously burned about
the head and shoulders.
The London Daily News processes to know
that there is extreme danger of war. It says
the government is alarmed on account OF its
having heard that Germany Is likely within d
few days to ark France to explain the meaning
Of the French military movements on the from
tier. 3sst L
Mrs. Van Zandt, mother of the girl who
wanted to marry Spies, the arnicl,ist, In the
county jail at Chicago, is quoted as saying:
my daughter and I are going to Europe. We
shall proceed to Paris and take up our resi-
dence there. 1t is our plan to remain in Paris
until a decision is reached in the case Of Spies"
The body Of the third wife Of Lawrence
Krug, now under arrest in Chicago on charge
of poisoning his step-daughter, and who is
suspected Of having disposed Of his three
wives BY similar crimes, was exhumed at
Graceland cemetery on the goth and the stom-
ach given to chemists for analysis. The police
intimate that they suspect Krug of having
poisoned Ave persons within the last year.
r. I. .t.t.a ~ ~ oraor. 90 on mn III, 1000.
Of sulphurc ether have recently been filed by
German MANUFACTURES, and the consignments,
willie ostensibly shipped to Rotterdam, have
in reality been shipped to Franco by way Of
Cologne. The presumption is that the aptes-
thetio Is Intended for surgical use in France
among the hospitals In the event of war;
The North German Gazette, referring to the
report that France is about to erect wooden
barracks on the frontier, states that 1t is unde-
niable that Franco ID collecting on the frontier
more troops than the fortresses and garisons
are able to shelter. Tho National Zeitune re-
affirms the statement that an order forbiddinr
the expectation Of horses will shortly bs issued.
A special to the Mail from Ottowa says the
officials Of the fisheries department here look
on the Belmont fisheries bill rs n game of
bluff, and says 1t is poor return for six
months FREQ use Of tho Canadian fisheries un-
der the promise OF the President OF the United
States that fisheries commission would be
appointed at the next meeting of Congress,
which promise was not carried out.
William F. Mead, aged 27 years, was mur
dered ut White Plains, New York, in cold blood,
about 10 o'clock on the night of January 20,
being shot through the head while standing on
the stoop Of his fathers store in that village.
Two men were seen running away from tile
store, and immediately the police started after !,
tho fugtives, who turned and ran back toward
the village and hid themselves under ayarge
stone bridge which spans the river, butSeing
found they fred several slota;sat the officers,
and when about to be tnken-silot themselves
and both died. The murdered man leaves 4
wife aud child. No motive FOR the murder can
be assigned.
Two women were burned I'd destL IN their
homes in tho back-woods rsGioIs of st. Louis
county, Mo-, last week. The facts Of the casu-
alties have just been learned. One victim was
the wife of MI old trapper named Castner, who
lived in the Creve Cgur bottoms. The family
Saturday left her alone in the house and while
they were gone the house caught fire. Mrs.
Cashier was helpless paralytic, and when
the family returned they found the house In
ashes and the poor wolnan's body burned to n
Grip. The other victim was colored girl, who
occupied hut near Eureka. The unfortunate
girl occupied room in the loft, the ONLY en-
trance to which was through trap door in
the floor. On Saturday night the house caught
fire, and before she could make her escape the
entire structure was in flames. Nothing was
found Of her remains but a few charred pieces
of flesh and bones.